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...comes to trial. R.J. Reynolds is the sole cigarette manufacturer named in the lawsuit, but tobacco makers are closely following the case. Says Robert Rukeyser, vice president of American Brands, maker of Lucky Strike and Pall Mall: "We take these suits very seriously. We're not complacent." Echoes Aaron Twerski, a law professor at Hofstra University: "The whole world is watching...
Abraham Joshua Twerski, 28, graduated from medical school this week. It was no mean feat, for Twerski is a Jewish rabbi like his father, two uncles, father-in-law, two older brothers and (when they finish their studies) two younger twin brothers. And to keep the Torah as an Orthodox Jew for six years of studies in Milwaukee's Roman Catholic Marquette University was something like running a sack race, an egg race and an army obstacle course at the same time...
...student lounge, where he also said his midday prayers in a corner, surrounded by chattering fellow students. Hospital duty during the 24-hour fast without food and water at Tish 'ah Be'ab (commemorating the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 A.D.) Dr. Twerski describes as "murder,'' and the last six years have left him hollow-eyed and slightly sallow. But he is eagerly looking forward to the next stage: a year of internship at Milwaukee's Mount Sinai Hospital, followed by a three-year residency in psychiatry...
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